Beet Salad Bowl With Sesame Ginger Dressing

This is a very easy and simple salad bowl to make for lunch or dinner. Its healthy ingredients will help to make you feel good inside and out. Beets may have a role to play in supporting cognitive function. Beets contain certain nitrates that may help to promote blood flow to the brain through blood vessel dilation.

Another ingredient in this recipe, sesame oil, contains tyrosine, an amino acid that is essential in the formation of serotonin. Including sesame oil in your diet, such as in recipes like this, may help to reduce occasional stress and enhance mood.

Yield: 4 cups

Prep time: 20 minutes

Cook time: 45 minutes

Total time: 65 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1/2 head lettuce, chopped
• 3 medium beets, cooked, peeled and sliced
• 1 medium avocado, pitted, peeled and sliced
• 2 scallions, trimmed and chopped
• 1 small cucumber, peeled and sliced
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon peeled and minced fresh ginger
• 1 teaspoon sesame seeds

Instructions:

1. In a bowl, whisk soy sauce, sesame oil, and ginger.
2. In a separate bowl, toss lettuce, avocado, cucumber, and scallions.
3. Toss the sesame ginger dressing with the lettuce mixture.
4. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top.